Yes, I’m featuring new artwork three Fridays in a row! Don’t worry, I haven’t set up a sweat shop in which I force second grade kiddies to toil with colored pencils for fifteen hours a day filling in the details of my work. I simply had a couple pieces that took a lonnnnng time and then tumbled into completion one after the other.

As my loyal readers know, most of my work tends toward the realistic side of things – flowers, critters, and that sort of stuff. But I’ve recently wanted to break away a bit and have some fun exploring different styles (such as my recent pea packet), different material (like old William of Orange on DuraLar film), or a different medium (let’s not talk about my watercolor skills, okay?).

One of my recent explorations took me into the world of abstract. Of course, I know nothing about creating abstract art so I decided to go a bit realistic with my abstraction by using photos from my visit last year to the Chihuly Glass Gardens in Seattle.

You’ve met one of these realistic abstract pieces already, but this week I finally finished another Chihuly-inspired work. And let me say I had loads of fun working on this one.

From Photo to Abstract-y Art Thing

Let’s start with the original photo. I was in love with those Beetlejuice-esque green and black pieces of glass…. Continue reading →